Importing audiobooks from CD into MAC Catalina

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Importing audiobooks from CD into MAC Catalina

I still occasionally buy CD audiobooks and then import them into my Mac and then move them to my iPhone to listen to in the car. I did this all with iTunes. I would pop CD into the Superdrive, the Mac Mini would ask if I wanted to import them to iTunes. I'd say yes and then the CD contents would be on my Mac. I would have to change the media type from Music to Audiobook so the the devices would keep track of where it was last played. On MAC Catalina CDs still import into the new Music App, but I CANNOT change media type to Audiobook. Music is the only one available.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 9, 2020 1:18 PM

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Answer 1

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Aug 9, 2020 2:13 PM in response to marinashalmon

Found the answer.

Open Books.

Highlight audiobooks.

Click on File-Add to library

Go to where the Music library is, typically Music/Music/Media. Find the folder with the audiobook and click on it. It will be added to Books.

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Answer 2

Aug 18, 2020 7:55 PM in response to marinashalmon

I have this same issue and just figured out that Apple has moved the Audiobooks out of 'Music' into 'Books'. But good luck importing them and changing or organizing like we used to! None of my file names are changeable or setting up like we could before! Let us hope it is bad programming and not bad policy!

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Answer 3

Aug 19, 2020 2:37 PM in response to marinashalmon

That’s absolutely true.

Alternatively, one can leave the audiobook in music, just click in “get info” remember playback position and do not shuffle. You can now get the audiobook On the iPhone or iPod exactly as before. 😊

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Answer 4

Aug 20, 2020 12:22 AM in response to marinashalmon

But in Music, there is no category for Audiobooks any more so they can't be separated out and reviewed. All of the features and capabilities we had with Audiobooks in iTunes should be still available in Books.

If you use them in iTunes/Music which of the Playlist's menu categories (artist/album artist/composer is supposed to show up in your smart devices as the Author of the book? I have always used "artist" but the audiobooks frequently show up in my iPhone as being from the narrator and NOT the author! WHAT is happening at Apple? You're not supposed to "fix" things until they're broken. Instead they "fix" them and that breaks them!

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Answer 5

Aug 9, 2020 2:14 PM in response to marinashalmon

You will still need to delete it from Music, otherwise you have it twice on your hard drive.

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